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kilikini1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Dave wrote:
> >
> > What makes you think that they aren't allowed to charge customers
> > more? They are allowed to set their prices to whatever they feel like
> > charging their customers. And, their customers are free to eat
> > there, or not. Simple, huh?
> >
>
> Actually, that's why fast food places don't put prices on their
websites.
> Prices fluctuate around the country depending upon how much a specific
> establishment has to pay for what gets brought in. For instance.... My
> former local McD's charged $.99 for a fish sandwich. I took a trip to
> Arizona and was stunned that the local McD's there charged $2.99 for the
> same sandwich! It was nothing different - the fish patty, half a slab
of
> american cheese, tons of tartar sauce (which I promply removed), and the
> "wonder" bun. For $2.99 I would have hoped for some lettuce or a better
> bun, at least.
The difference in price is more the ABILITY to charge, rather than
the cost of the product. Food prices vary all over the country but
have little to do with the cost of the item or trans****tation (plot
prices vs distance and you won't get any sort of a linear or even
monotonic function).
> But menus vary between fast food restaurants around the country, as
well.
> In Hawaii, McD's serves ****tuguese sausage and rice breakfast plates,
> chicken katsu, or fish plate lunches with rice and macaroni salad and
I've
> also heard that up in Maine, McD's serves a lobster roll.
Why should this surprise anyone?
--
Keith
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